A prosperous Neolog congregation of about 3,000 members commissioned the synagogue from Marcell Komor and Dezső Jakab. Groundbreaking was in 1901, and it was completed in 1903. The style is Hungarian Secession, influenced by Ödön Lechner.
The building is 130 feet (40 m) tall. Its single dome is 41 feet (12.6 m) across and a self-supporting shell only 3 to 5 centimeters thick. A steel structure carries it, with four pairs of gypsum-covered steel pillars, decorated with palm-leaf relief, supporting the women's gallery and dome.
Religious use ended in 1976, per the infobox. A multi-million restoration reopened it in 2018 as a cultural center, also used by the small Jewish community for services. It is a Cultural Monument of Exceptional Importance, and the heritage year conflicts between the text and the infobox.
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